Principals Update
With one week to go until the October half-term, we have officially finished all of our ‘start of year’ activities to support our pupils and parents in settling into the academic year. A big thank you to Dr Sangar and the careers team for the KS4 Careers Fair on Tuesday night. We also held our first SSC (School Stakeholder Committee) meeting of the year on Tuesday evening. It was wonderful to introduce our newest senior leads Mrs K Patel, Mr A Giga and Mr G Khabra to our SSC and have the SSC hear their plans for the upcoming year.
Next week we look forward to celebrating Diwali. There will be primary parent workshops throughout the week, secondary curriculum lessons linked to Diwali themes and the week will culminate with our Festival Day on Friday 18th October. Students are encouraged to wear traditional dress on Friday 18th, where they will participate in Diwali activities throughout the day and enjoy a special festive meal. It will be regular school timings for the day.
Parents Survey
Thank you to the parents who have already completed the survey – we have already taken note of some of the feedback around communication processes needing to be improved. A full review of the survey will take place in the Autumn 2 term, with feedback provided to parents in the bulletin when we return.
The survey will be open until the half-term. https://avanti.wufoo.com/forms/afs-parent-survey-questions-202425
Navratri
I would like to say a very big thank you to our PTFA for their Navratri events. I had the pleasure of attending last Saturday night with our admin team and it was fantastic! If you haven’t yet got tickets, please read further below, as tickets are still available for tonight and tomorrow.
Calendar Updates
Secondary Calendar
- Friday 18th October: Diwali Festival Day (Non-uniform) Traditional outfits
- Friday 18th October: Rangoli: Diwali Maths competition
- Monday 21st October – Friday 1st November: Half Term holidays
- Monday 4th November: Staff INSET Day (School will be closed for students)
- Tuesday 5th November: First day of Autumn 2 term
Primary Calendar
- Tuesday 15th October: Pre-school: Parents workshop (8:00am – 9:00am)
- Wednesday 16th October: Reception: Parents workshop (1:30pm – 2:45pm)
- Friday 18th October: Diwali Festival Day (Non-uniform) Traditional outfits
- Friday 18th October: Y1: Diwali Assembly
- Monday 21st October – Friday 1st November: Half Term holidays
- Monday 21st October – Friday 25th October: Pre-school remain open for students
- Monday 28th October – Friday 1st November: Pre- school Half Term holidays
- Monday 4th November: Staff INSET Day (School will be closed for students)
- Tuesday 5th November: First day of Autumn 2 term
Primary News
What a great week it has been!
What a memorable week it has been. Please see below pictures of the African drumming workshop:
Half term reminder for Preschool parents:
All Primary pupils have a two-week half term as stated on the academic calendar; Monday 28th October- Friday 1st November.
Pre-school pupils only:
Preschool pupils have an extra 1 week entitlement. This means Preschool pupils can attend school Monday 21st October- Friday 25th October. We recognise that not all parents will want to bring in their child during this week and therefore we ask ALL parents to complete the following form to indicate attendance:
https://avanti.wufoo.com/forms/preschool-october-half-term-attendance-form/
Please can ALL Pre-school parents complete the above form by Thursday 17th October.
Pre-school: This week pre-school have enjoyed creating their own stories using small pumpkin worlds and creating their clay divas ready for Diwali. We loved learning about how clay turns hard when it dries and colour mixing to create different colours to paint our divas with! What a creative week!
Reception: This week, Reception enjoyed an African Drumming workshop and played different beats. We had a go at playing different rhythms, and different tunes! If you could play an instrument, what would it be?
Reception have been learning the Diwali story and sequencing it! Look at our amazing ordering skills! Can you draw a picture of a scene from the Diwali story?
Year 1: This week Year One children have been busy retelling the Diwali story and practicing writing the story in sequence.
Year 2: This week, Year 2 took part in an African Drumming Workshop! The children had a blast at the African drumming workshop, learning new rhythms and beats while embracing the joy of music!
Stars of the week
Last Friday we celebrated ‘stars of the week’ in our Celebration assembly. All pupils who were a star of the week joined the ‘top table’ for lunch. A huge well done to: ……..
Acorn: Hariti for growing confidence in using her words with her friends and teachers. Well done Hariti, you have been shining all week!
Walnut: Jahnavi for showing great dedication to her learning and doing good sharing!
Buttercup: Avyukt for having a great attitude to learning, and trying your hardest in accessing all areas of provision! We’re so proud of you, superstar!
Daisy: Jai for accessing provision effectively and approaching school with a positive attitude. Always coming in with a big smile, thank you for trying your hardest Jai!
Bluebell: Krisha for amazing writing.
Snowdrop: Anokhi for showing empathy.
Daffodil: Amaiya for her outstanding effort and determination in tackling challenging math problems. Keep it up
Tulip: Jiya for an outstanding attitude towards her pride in her learning. Especially for handwriting!
RRSA Article of the Week
Week 7 focus: Harvest
Article’s you could explore which link to this topic: 6
Article 6 (Life, survival and development) – Every child has the right to life. Governments must do all they can to ensure that children survive and develop to their full potential.
This week, we focused on the Harvest Festival. We spoke about how In Britain, harvest festivals are often celebrated in churches by bringing baskets of food to give thanks to God. People enjoy singing, praying, listening to stories and decorating the church.
Here is an activity you can do at home.
Can you go to a local foodbank and donate some food for the harvest festival?
Primary School Calendar
October
15th– Pre-school Diwali parent/ carer workshop 8.00am- 9.00am
16th – Reception Diwali parent/ carer workshop 1.30pm- 2.45pm
18th– Year 1 Diwali assembly 8.15am
– Diwali dress up day
We have an abundance of exciting events taking place throughout the academic year. Please ensure you keep up to date with the Primary school calendar to ensure you do not miss out on anything: Calendar – Avanti Fields School
ASDA – Cash for Schools
ASDA Supermarket has launched a new to raise money for Primary Schools which the Avanti Fields PTFA has joined on behalf of the school. At no additional cost to you they will donate the 0.5% of the value of any shopping you do at ASDA until the 30th November to our school when you shop using ASDA Rewards. In addition to this just by selecting our school on your Asda Rewards App, that will add £1 to our pot.
To help raise money for the school you simply need to do the following:-
- Go into your ASDA Rewards App (If you haven’t got one, download it and sign up)
- Once in the App you will see the Banner ‘Introducing Cashpot for Schools’, click on this, and press ‘Count me in’
- Next Click on ‘I Have a school I want to Choose’, start typing in Avanti Fields and our school will come up, select our school.
- When you shop at ASDA, George or Online, Scan the bar code on your rewards App wallet when you pay and ASDA will do the rest.
To help us further get your friends and family to do the same, remember this does not cost you anything, it’ just a new initiative from ASDA until the end of November.
At the time of writing our Cashpot is already upto £58.35.
Thank you in advance for your support.
Secondary News
National Biology Week Competitions
Well done to all pupils that entered the National Spelling Bee for Biology Week 2024!
This is a national competition open to students aged 11-19 sponsored by the Royal Society of Biology. Literacy is a key factor in an individual’s success in Science exams and during a pupil’s journey.
34 pupils qualified via a written spelling test in their science lessons. 23 pupils ranging from Y7-Y10 then went on to compete in the finals, which were verbal spellings following international spelling bee rules.
Congratulations to the following pupils:
1st Tasha C – Score 19
2nd Pranjal M – score 18
3rd Rishi G – score 17
4th Ayanna K – score 16
Best scores for Y7, Y9 and Y10 have been entered for the National Finals.
Sports competitions
Year 9 girls basketball:
Another fantastic performance by the girls basketball team who won 3 out of their 4 matches and only losing to Rushey Mead by 2 baskets. Well done to the girls who are through to the semi finals.
KS4 Girls Football:
The girls won all their games with strong performances and lots of goals scored. The girls are through to the semi finals.
Year 11 Boys Basketball:
The boys won 1 game, drew 1 game and lost 1 game but the boys are through to the semi finals on points difference. They showed true team spirit and we wish them luck in the next round.
Lost Property Display
We have arranged lost property display on Thursday 17th October between 3:30 to 4:00pm outside of Reception area. Students are welcome to claim their lost properties from the display. Any left over properties will stay with school in designated lost and found room until Friday 18th October, rest unclaimed lost properties will be donated to charities.
Unauthorised absence from August 2024
Penalty Notices will increase to £160 per parent per child (discounted to £80 if paid within 21 days). If there is occasion to issue a second Penalty Notice for unauthorised leave of absence within a rolling 3 year period, it will be issued at the higher rate of £160 per parent per child, with no opportunity to pay at the lower level. A Penalty Notice cannot be issued if there is a third occasion of unauthorised leave of absence in the rolling 3 year period and it is highly likely that the local authority will take direct prosecution action in the Magistrates’ Court which can result in you receiving a criminal conviction. Please also be aware that any cases of extended periods of unauthorised absence, linked to holidays or trips away, are highly likely to result in prosecution action by the local authority.
Parent Pay Guidelines
Please see blow link for Parent pay auto top-up guidelines: Parentpay Auto top
Schools and Colleges Early Support Service
Parent and carer live webinars
Dear Parents and Carers,
We would like to invite you to attend our webinar series specially tailored for parents and carers of adolescents.
The topics have been chosen to reflect core developmental processes in adolescence and common difficulties parents can struggle with. The content is psychoeducational, strategy-based and solution focused.
Please see link below for further information on topics and bookings.
Community Activities Update
Science Tutoring
Reshma’s Academy, an external provider of tutoring, is has started Science Tutoring for all Secondary years. Years 9 & 11 are full and there are limited spaces in years 7, 8 & 10. To register your interest or find out more information please complete the form on this link.
Community Activities @ Avanti Field
Community Activities @ Avanti Fields
We have a number of classes for the community to participate in on evening and weekends.
We are excited to Introduce ‘New Yoga Class Starting Wednesday 25th September – First Class only £1’
Most existing classes are either Free or £1 for your first trial class.
Martial Arts classes starting soon’
We are investing to bring you these opportunities, the feedback we have had from participants has been amazing not just from a physical and mental health point of view but also from the increased social aspect with lots of new friendships being made, please consider giving them a try, you have nothing to lose!
To register or find out more information for any of the classes please complete the form on this link:-
https://krishnaavantips.wufoo.com/forms/z1nqh0i70d8s885/
Limited spaces available on all classes.
PTFA News
PTFA Events:
NAVRATRI 2024
Tickets are selling fast for remaining nights, book now to avoid disappointment.
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/avanti-fields-ptfa/e-qyelag
We hope you can join us as we all dance away in celebration of Mataji and all that Navratri signifies.
(Secondary Students will need to bring their valid ID each day to prove eligibility and must be in attendance with accompanying family, we will validate primary pupils with the school, this offer is open to both Avanti Fields and KAPS.)
And if you’re coming along, take a deserved break from the kitchen and eat at the event, with delicious food from our catering partner, Hot Potato Shop, which will be selling mouth-watering items during our events.
See you there!
PTFA Committee
Avanti Fields PTFA
Hanuman Chalisa
Jai Bajrangbali!
The PTFA is delighted to announce the return of our flagship annual event, the Shri Hanuman Chalisa. Join us on Saturday 16th November for an afternoon of devotion from 3pm till 6pm. All are welcome and please share the invitation to your family and friends!
We’d also love for you to join us for Mahaprashad, which will be served from 1pm till 2.30pm.
Just let us know you’ll be coming on this link, so that we can make the necessary catering arrangements. https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/avanti-fields-ptfa
For Laadoo yajmaan, general donations, and sponsorship please get in touch with us at [email protected].
Many Thanks
PTFA Committee
Contacting the School
Communications – Wherever possible please use the contact form on our website to get in touch. This is detailed on the website at https://avanti.org.uk/avantifields/contact-us/. The appropriate member of staff will pick up the message and get back to you as soon as possible.
Absence
To report an absence to the school, parents should contact us by 8:00am (primary) and 8.30am (secondary)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0116 326 6813 (Option 1 to leave a voicemail)
Please remember to state your child’s full name, tutor group and reason for absence. If your child is unwell, please could you give a brief description of the symptoms.
All education research highlights how crucial it is to a child’s academic progress and wellbeing they attend school , on time, all of the time. Therefore, a reminder that it is important that families organise events or holidays outside of school time to ensure that their child is at school as often as possible.
The school works closely with the Education Welfare Officer at LCC, and we do seek to ensure that any requests for authorised absence are dealt with on a case-by-case basis, in a sensitive manner. However, the school can never authorise a family holiday or a trip abroad to visit family members during term time.
This academic year, families will have two weeks at the October half-term, three weeks at Christmas and two weeks at Easter for extended family holidays. Please do ensure that if booking holidays, they fall within the holiday periods.